Becoming a typical day

[ZenRoxy]

Today, while my wife went to work, I took my daughters to school, worked from home for the day, quickly cleaned the house and did the laundry in my lunch break, took my youngest daughter to dance, took my eldest daughter to tutoring, brought my eldest daughter home and got her dinner, picked up my youngest daughter from dance. While on my way home from dance, I got a call from my wife who had just gotten home. She had a go at me for not organising dinner for my youngest daughter yet. Got home, had a fight with my wife, prepared dinner for me and my youngest daughter, washed up, swept the floors, did more laundry, ironed the school uniforms for tomorrow. Wife had dinner and fell asleep in the main bedroom that I pay for with the mortgage while I sleep on a fold out bed in the loungeroom. This is sadly a typical day for me. Just needed to vent - thanks for the opportunity.

Sounds like you're stretched to the max and doing a pretty damn good job! Sorry to hear this is a typical day in your life, it sounds miserable

Sounds like you need a divorce and take half your wife’s money. That would be the standard advice from the other way round.

Oh, that is terrible. Have you tried sitting down and having a conversation with your wife about this? Are you a SAHD? If that is the case, than I think your wife maybe doesn't understand that it is a fulltime job in itself, looking after a toddler all day and doing all of the housework, and everything else.

Get your ducks in a row and LTB!!

OP never replied to his thread, but it says in his post that he worked from home, and no mention of a toddler.

Oh I thought be was alluding to a younger daughter at home. Thanks. Looks like he must have sorted things out.

I doubt he would have sorted a divorce in the last few days, but hopefully will, sounds like a toxic home for the kids.

I was meaning in relation to talking with his wife, not a divorce. I couldn't make assumptions about his entire home environment based on that one post, but it doesn't sound productive no.

You do not have to put up with this! A partnership is just that 50:50 no questions whether a man or woman. My DH works in a demanding job, I am a secondary teacher so life is full on but at least our kids are older teens.

We both clean, cook, do the odd jobs/admin. At times one of us does more if the other has a lot on but it all balances out. I couldn’t be with someone who obviously thinks so little of me. I could never treat my DH like that. Life together should swing in roundabouts and all the tedious stuff should balance out with each person contributing equally.

I hope you have the courage to sit down and have a conversation about the issues you have. Life’s too short you need love and respect as does your other half. A serious conversation needs to be had. Best of luck.